Chapter 179: The Secret of the Treasure

"Shen Yu, don't blame me; if you must blame someone, blame yourself for being too meddlesome."

"An expert like you, as long as you don't go looking for trouble yourself, no one can hurt you. But you just happen to love stirring up trouble everywhere, so all of this is just you bringing it upon yourself; you can't blame anyone else!"

"However, being able to die for my clansmen can be considered your final contribution. Rest assured, I, Gu Ying, will remember you!"

Looking at Shen Yu, Gu Ying felt not a shred of guilt; being able to sacrifice one person to save the entire clan was a multiple-choice question that was not difficult for him at all.

Never mind one Shen Yu, he would be willing to sacrifice a thousand or ten thousand people.

Back then, he had stumbled into the Seal Land and awakened the Master who was sealed in slumber; from that moment on, the nightmare of his clan began.

He dared not speak of all this, and even less could he speak of it; ever since then, he had fallen into deep self-reproach.

The reason he ultimately spared no effort to feed himself to the darkness was simply to help his clansmen obtain a glimmer of survival.

Well, at least that is what he himself thinks!

"If a lie is told a thousand times, do you even believe it yourself now?"

"Even you yourself now feel that you are a great and selfless person, a noble and great man who sacrificed himself for the sake of the whole clan."

Seeing the look on Gu Ying's face, Shen Yu gave a contemptuous smile. He had seen plenty of people like this; they were clearly greedy themselves, yet they insisted on finding excuses to convince themselves, until finally, they convinced even themselves beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Such people are not pathetic, but rather hateful; their own sins often require too many others to pay the price.

And they themselves, as always, cheat others while shouting loud and noble slogans, utterly shameless.

"A person can deceive themselves, and can deceive others, but a person's heart cannot be deceived!"

"Gu Ying, you have already fallen into darkness, and this was your own choice. It was not for anyone else, but only for yourself."

"You would even, for your own sake, when the need arises, not hesitate to sacrifice all your clansmen. And when that time comes, you will still find a perfect excuse for yourself!"

"You're spouting nonsense!"

"Whether I am spouting nonsense, you actually know clearly in your heart. Let me guess: from the very beginning, you were aiming for power."

"In the end, things escalated to a point you couldn't handle at all; you felt guilty yet avoided the truth, and only then did you find yourself an excuse about being willing to fall into darkness for the sake of the clan. I must say, this excuse is quite perfect."

"Hmph!" With a cold, disdainful snort, Shen Yu looked at the other man; his eyes held only contempt, and even looking at him was a defilement to himself.

"Think about it yourself: that so-called 'for the sake of the clansmen' of yours, that so-called 'not hesitating to sacrifice yourself,' isn't it just a perfect excuse you found for yourself?"

"With this excuse, with this fig leaf, you can grandiosely use the lives of your clansmen to exchange for a leap in your own strength."

"In your heart, you are still constantly telling yourself that you can sacrifice for the whole clan, so of course your clansmen can sacrifice a little bit too. Just a little bit of sacrifice can exchange for the preservation of the entire clan!"

"And, haven't you been deceiving yourself all along that as long as you endure this period, your clansmen will usher in a new life?"

"Ridiculous, truly self-deceiving!"

With a cold laugh, Shen Yu said indifferently, "Actually, you know in your heart that some things only have a zero time and an infinite number of times."

"When you decided to sacrifice the entire clan to achieve yourself, you had actually already abandoned your clansmen, no matter how perfect and flawless your excuse may be!"

"One day, they will completely become your food, become your stepping stones!"

Glaring coldly at the other man again, Shen Yu didn't even want to bother with such a person—a hypocrite among hypocrites.

"What a formidable, heart-piercing speech. I didn't expect that despite being so young, Lord Shen not only has superb strength but also such a sharp tongue!"

Just at this moment, two people walked into the Ancestral Hall; the two of them merely gave Gu Ying a cold glance, and then both looked to the side with disdain.

"What a piece of trash!"

"You had better show some respect; this is my territory!"

"So what? If you have the ability, bite me. Just try making a move!"

The contemptuous look was extremely uncomfortable; the disdainful attitude of the two newcomers was almost undisguised. From this, it was evident that Gu Ying, this defector, did not hold a very high status.

"Being cowardly is just being cowardly, yet you always use your clansmen as an excuse; you're truly beyond saving!"

"Look, Gu Ying, even your own people think you're a piece of trash; if I were you, I'd just slit my own throat!"

"Lord Shen Yu, why must you sow discord? I was just speaking the truth earlier. Although I am a petty person, I despise hypocrites like this who act one way to your face and another behind your back the most!"

"That's right, he's just a hypocrite." The other newcomer was also blunt; both of them seemed to not take him seriously at all.

One must know that this was Gu Ying's territory, and he held the power of the Great Array. The mere fact that he could trap him was something not just anyone could deal with.

At the very least, it was certainly not something these two, who were only in the Transcendence Realm, could handle. By rights, he should be able to teach them a lesson in minutes.

Yet he still let people climb all over him; it seems this Gu Ying is not only hypocritical but also particularly spineless.

"You, you all!"

"What about us? Are we not speaking the truth?"

"Gu Ying, you are clearly sacrificing others to achieve yourself, yet you put on a look of being humiliated and wronged. I really don't know who you are performing for every day!"

"Enough!" With a cold shout, Gu Ying could barely suppress the anger in his heart; he really wanted to just hack these two to death.

"We are all serving the Master; don't force me to take action!"

"It is true that we are all serving the Master, but we are divided into ranks. As for you, you are just a piece of trash of the lowest rank!"

"What, now that your fig leaf has just been pulled away, you are already furious?"

"If what I said wasn't the truth, you would only smile indifferently, because you know the truth cannot be faked."

"But now you are so angry, why? Isn't it just because everything I said is true, and I've just touched your scar?"

"Presumptuous! Do you really think I dare not take action!"

Looking at these two with blood-red eyes, Gu Ying's cannibalistic gaze truly made the two of them feel alarmed; damn it, they forgot that even a rabbit will bite when pushed to the limit.

This piece of trash usually looked very soft, but if bullied too hard, he would also kill.

"Alright, everyone is on the same side, why must we have internal strife? Thinking about how to deal with Shen Yu is the real priority!"

The other person on the side saw that things were going wrong and immediately laughed it off, saying, "Gu Ying, can the array your clan inherited be made any stronger?"

"Didn't you say that as long as your array can trap Shen Yu, he will continuously weaken?"

Leaning in close to Gu Ying, this person whispered, "Why do I see him jumping around as if he's not affected at all? Is this array as powerful as you said?"

"How could you not know the power of the array we inherited? You must know that even the Master..."

Having said this much, Gu Ying hurriedly shut his mouth, nearly blurting out his inner thoughts.

However, the two of them did not mind; Gu Ying was right, to be able to seal even a terrifying existence like the Master, it could not be called anything but formidable.

It's just that the key is you can only mobilize a tiny bit. We don't lack confidence in the Array, we lack confidence in you!

"The power of the Array I can mobilize is only this much, and right now it has only trapped him; the key is that Shen Yu has also not made a move to break the Array from the start!"

"I cannot be sure if he knows the power of this Array and has given up resisting, or if he has other motives; I am worried that this bit of Array power cannot completely trap him."

"After all, he is too calm, calm to the point of being worrying!"

"This..." Glancing at Shen Yu, the two of them also felt a shock in their hearts; yes, it was too calm.

If it were anyone else trapped, they would have long since turned pale with fright and been in a rush to find a way to break the Great Array.

But the one before their eyes was not only not crying or making a fuss, but had also been chatting with them with great interest until now; this was not normal, very not normal!

That is Shen Yu, after all; if by any chance he breaks free, how are they to stop him?

It's over, did they come out a bit too early!